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Criteria and Due Diligence

Sanford International Clinics is dedicated to establishing permanent, sustainable health care infrastructure. Thus, our prospecting and due diligence process is largely focused on analyzing the sustainability of potential opportunities. In order to assess sustainability, Sanford International Clinics analyzes the following:

Community need for permanent health care infrastructure

Financial sustainability of clinic

Presence of local stakeholders to help secure clinic location and support for capital investments

Ability to recruit health care providers

Political and economic stability

In each of those primary focus areas, Sanford collects the following data:

Demographic information, including population statistics (age, sex), map of community and service area, population density, employment status, and health insurance coverage

Current health care delivery information, including contact information for local practitioners and hospitals; customary outpatient clinic hours of operation, staffing models, and work flow; availability of laboratory and imaging services; and contact information for local subspecialists

Possible clinic locations, including bare land or existing facilities available for donation or long-term lease for a nominal fee.

Contact information for local stakeholders—public or private—with the potential to be philanthropic partners who support the construction of the clinic

Health care staff recruitment information, including ease of recruitment, training programs at local or nearby trade schools, colleges, and universities, and incentives for recruitment under local customs